Intention

I’ve long been familiar with the idea that if you state what you want clearly enough, it will manifest in your life. I think the part that always tripped me up was the “what I want” piece. It always sounded so egotistical, so self-centered. I also knew that my own vision was limited—“what I want” didn’t seem adequate to address the needs I saw around me.

Yesterday I picked up Wayne Dyer’s book “Manifest Your Destiny” and I’m gaining new insights.

If you were to zoom in on an object and see it with a powerful microscope, you’d see the molecular structure of the object. Zoom in further and you see the atoms themselves. Zoom in again and you see the parts of the atom – proton, neutron, electron. Zoom in further and what you see is pure energy. Everything around us, at its fundamental level, is pure energy. We are all made up of the same stuff. We—all of creation—are literally one.

I’ve read this from so many sources over the years, but somehow this time it stuck. All I need to do to create something in my life is to manifest a part of me that has been hidden.

As I sat under a tree this morning, I realized that stating my intention is an essential part of the process. Yes, my vision is limited. Yes, I don’t always know exactly what I want or even what is good for me. But this is a collaboration with my soul. When I state my intention as clearly as I see it now—and stay open to being guided—my soul leads me on the way.

But if I just sit there and say “I dunno,” nothing happens. My soul can’t guide me. A ship that is dead in the water can’t be steered.

So I make a beginning. I state what I want to achieve as clearly as I can. I listen for guidance and I act as if it had all been accomplished. In the process I gain more insight, see more clearly, glimpse a broader vision. Then when I sit down under my tree tomorrow, I have a more defined intention. I can state it more clearly. And the cycle begins again.